# US 12,593,964 B2 · Endoscope overcovers for wheels and handles

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- Number: US 12,593,964 B2
- Document ID: US12593964B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 18/053,849
- Filed: 2022-11-09
- Published: 2023-05-11
- Granted: 2026-04-07
- Earliest claimed: 2021-11-10
- Assignees: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Applicants: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Inventors: Ryan Vincent William Pollock
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12593964B2

## CPC

- A61B 1/0052: {Constructional details of control elements, e.g. handles}
- A61B 1/00042: {for mechanical operation}
- A61B 1/00142: {with means for preventing contamination, e.g. by using a sanitary sheath}
- A61B 1/00121: {Connectors, fasteners and adapters, e.g. on the endoscope handle}
- A61B 2017/00424: {ergonomic, e.g. fitting in fist}
- A61B 2017/00429: {with a roughened portion}
- A61B: DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (usefulness limited to only animals A61D)

## Abstract

A medical device including a handle and a flexible member controlled by the handle, the handle including one or more knobs, each of the one or more knobs having a plurality of protrusions spaced circumferentially from one another, wherein the medical device comprises one or more grip-enhancing features configured to be removably coupled to the one or more knobs.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A medical device, comprising:
a handle and a flexible member controlled by the handle, the handle including one or more knobs, each of the one or more knobs having a plurality of protrusions spaced circumferentially from one another; and
a grip-enhancing feature configured to be removably coupled to a knob of the one or more knobs,
wherein the grip-enhancing feature surrounds less than an entire perimeter of the knob, and wherein the grip-enhancing feature defines:
a first tip and a first opening, wherein the first opening is configured to receive a first protrusion of the plurality of protrusions;
opposing concave extension areas that meet at the first tip; and
opposing grooves disposed between the opposing concave extension areas and the first opening.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The medical device of claim 1, wherein the grip-enhancing feature is a first grip-enhancing feature, and wherein the medical device further comprises a second grip-enhancing feature, wherein the first grip-enhancing feature is configured to be removably coupled to a first protrusion of the plurality of protrusions of the knob of the one or more knobs, and wherein the second grip-enhancing feature is configured to be removably coupled to a second protrusion of the plurality of protrusions of the one or more knobs.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The medical device of claim 1, wherein the grip-enhancing feature includes a resilient overcover that is movable from a resting configuration to an expanded configuration, wherein the resilient overcover is biased to the resting configuration.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The medical device of claim 1, wherein the grip-enhancing feature includes an outer surface comprising a tacky material.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The medical device of claim 1, wherein the grip-enhancing feature is a first grip-enhancing feature, and wherein the medical device further comprises a second grip-enhancing feature configured to be removably coupled to the handle, the second grip-enhancing feature including:
a slit configured to enable the second grip-enhancing feature to open and close around the handle; and
a grip portion,
wherein the grip portion includes an undulating pattern to match contours of the handle.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The medical device of claim 5, wherein an outer surface of the second grip-enhancing feature includes a tacky material.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The medical device of claim 1, wherein the grip-enhancing feature is configured to be removably coupled directly to exactly one protrusion of the plurality of protrusions of the one or more knobs.

### Claim 8 (depends on 2)

The medical device of claim 2, wherein the first grip-enhancing feature has a first length, wherein the second grip-enhancing feature has a second length, wherein the second length is less than the first length.